Perth teenager hailed a 'superhero' for jumping in front of truck to save nephew

A 14-year-old girl is being hailed as a "superhero" after she risked her life to save her young nephew from an oncoming truck in Perth's north-west.

Jordyn Prior, four, suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain in the collision, but has now emerged from his induced coma and is in a stable condition in hospital.

Jordyn stepped off a bus on Talbot Road in Jane Brook with his teenage aunt, Jayla, just after 4pm yesterday when he ran across the road in front of the parked bus.

Jayla, 14, is being hailed as a hero for throwing herself into the path of an oncoming truck to save her nephew. Picture: Supplied (Supplied)Jordyn, 4, suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain in the collision. Picture: Supplied (Supplied)

Seeing that a Isuzu truck was overtaking the bus, Jayla ran after the boy and tried to throw him out of harm's way.